The Diocese of Mainz is a diocese of the Catholic church in Germany. It was created in 1802 with the abolition of the old Archbishopric of Mainz. The diocese is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Freiburg; its district is located in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. The seat of the diocese is in Mainz at the Cathedral dedicated to Saints Martin and Stephen.
Bishops of Mainz, 1802-present
- Joseph Ludwig Colmar 1802-1818
- Joseph Vitus Burg 1829-1833
- Johann Jakob Humann 1833-1834
- Petrus Leopold Kaiser 1834-1848
- Wilhelm Emmanuel Freiherr von Ketteler 1850-1877
- Paul Leopold Haffner 1886-1899
- Heinrich Brück 1900-1903
- Georg Heinrich Kirstein 1903-1921
- Ludwig Maria Hugo 1921-1935
- Albert Stohr 1935-1961
- Hermann Cardinal Volk 1962-1982
- Karl Cardinal Lehmann 1983-
External links
"Mainz". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Mainz.
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